The Boston College football team is coming off a 2016 season that saw the Eagles end the season on a three-game winning streak, including a 36-30 victory over Maryland in the Quick Lane Bowl on Dec. 26. Head coach Steve Addazio is set to return 16 starters, including nine on offense and seven from the nation's ninth-ranked defense in 2016.

BC will open the 2017 season at Northern Illinois on Sept. 1, before kicking off the team's six-game home slate on Sept. 9 against Wake Forest at Alumni Stadium.